Saw "Korea" TT movie last night. A businessman in our club bought tickets for our club members and treated us to endless food and drink afterwards.

This is a great movie and story. If you do not have a good understanding of Korean culture and history, much of this movie will not connect with you or make sense. Not saying no non-Koreans (like me) won't enjoy it, just saying. To Koreans, if you didn't cry during the movie, you weren't Korean. EVERYONE was completely quiet when the North Korean coach confronted the communist party boss rep in the hotel. The TT action is of course not live and computer assisted, but it doesn't stop you from liking it. It was hilarious to me when the super slow motion of the high toss serve was done, you could see the TT ball was a Korean make, Champion *** ball. That cracked me up.

ITTF umpire Michael Meier is a "Bad Guy" in this flick as he faults the Korean twice consecutively late in the match as it is tight. He also dismisses the North Korean coach after the N. Korean let out some very choice words - that was a riot and full of LULZ.

Make no mistake, this movie is about Korean nationalism and a great personal story about individual discoveries and teamwork. It helps to know Koreans and how they are to better enjoy the movie, but it will be a good movie to see with subtitles. There is no way to 100 represent the stuff with a translation.

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Youtube has women's singles final but I didn't find any clips from team final...

By the way, i couldn't even find the scores. I only know that surprisingly enough the main contribution in that victory was made NOT by Hyun Jung-Hwa nor by Li Bun Hui, but by Yu Sun Bok who managed to beat both (!!) Den Yaping and Gao Jun.

By the way, a quote from interview with Hyun:

Q. Tell me about Li Bun-hui. What’s her personality like?

A. She wasn’t a particularly adorable person. (laughter) She had been such a prominent player from a young age that she was at the same rank as leaders in the North. She was a little arrogant probably because of her status as a national hero. She always had a Kim Il-sung badge on her uniform. One day I asked her for fun, “What’s that?” Then she blew her top.

Then I watched the men's final - for the love of God I cannot figure out how Kalinic managed to be such a high-rated player, he plays so awkwardly... but then again, video is not the best player-rating tool as we all know. The guy took a game off Appelgren with that technique...

Then I watched the men's final - for the love of God I cannot figure out how Kalinic managed to be such a high-rated player, he plays so awkwardly... but then again, video is not the best player-rating tool as we all know. The guy took a game off Appelgren with that technique...

Kalinic beat Steffen Fetzner during a key match in the team competition that year. His penhold blocks and pushes really throw off his opponents.

Then I watched the men's final - for the love of God I cannot figure out how Kalinic managed to be such a high-rated player, he plays so awkwardly... but then again, video is not the best player-rating tool as we all know. The guy took a game off Appelgren with that technique...

Kalinic beat Steffen Fetzner during a key match in the team competition that year. His penhold blocks and pushes really throw off his opponents.

Yeah, I saw that too. He is such a gigantic guy and playing with a penhold grip must have been pretty uncomfortable for him - it certainly was (for me) rather uncomfortable to watch him

hey guys, here's the trailer with english subs as well as a teaser:http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/04/full-trailer-for-korean-ping-pong-drama-as-one.php .I really hope we can at least torrent it or something here soon. BH-Man its awesome that your club members were able to go and see it. I wonder if its showing in any theaters in the Washington DC area.
보고 싶어~. If anybody around here wants to go see it and we find a place to watch I'd be more than down.

ITTF umpire Michael Meier is a "Bad Guy" in this flick as he faults the Korean twice consecutively late in the match as it is tight. He also dismisses the North Korean coach after the N. Korean let out some very choice words - that was a riot and full of LULZ.

By the way, I was watching it and I thought to myself - how can that be? Korean players serve three points in a row which is impossible...

That's when I realized how completely I have switched my brain to the 11-points format

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